Stay Healthy, Give Blood

It’s hard to get me to pick up a paper copy of The Oregonian, much less leaf through all the advertising inserts to pull out Parade magazine. Fortunately, Barb D. […]

Gaming For A Good Cause

Guys: If you’re anything like the bulk of my male friends, you love gaming. And by “gaming,” I don’t mean Scrabble…I mean sitting around playing World of Warcraft for hours […]

Who wants to make these for me?…Please?

Last week we brought you a rad hurricane t-shirt, but you know what? It’s starting to get a bit too chilly for t-shirts (at least without a jacket).  So it’s […]

Meet Hurricane Bear

Have you seen Hurricane Bear? He’s the costume bear that bizarrely walked on camera during news coverage of Hurricane Ike in Galveston, and various versions of this video have been […]

Today is the day we need your help.

Are you participating in the “roadblock” today? If so, please let us know in the comments. We made some dramatic changes to our homepage for today, and today’s blog will […]

The Fishies Are Swimming In Our House Now, Right?

As you know, Texas took a beating from Hurricane Ike this weekend. I was tracking it minute-by-minute via these twitter channels. (Yeah, pretty intense.) Here’s a quick round-up of eye-witness reports: […]

Football: It Could Maybe Be Cool

Despite the fact that I went to a Big 10 school, I’m not a huge football fan. Maybe it’s ‘cuz I grew up in Portland, where all we ever had […]

How We Spend Your Money

So you’ve been thinking about giving to the Disaster Relief Fund in advance of Hurricane Ike. But aside from wanting to know where your money goes, you want to know […]

Gustav: Where Your Money Goes

If you’re considering making a donation to the Red Cross to help out people affected along the Gulf Coast, you might want to know where your money will go. Your […]